Effective media communication of disasters: Pressing problems and recommendations

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lowrey, Wilson ^a   Evans, William ^a   Gower, Karla K ^a   Robinson, Jennifer A ^b   Ginter, Peter M ^c   McCormick, Lisa C ^c   Abdolrasulnia, Maziar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MASS MEDIUM; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; RISK; TERRORISM; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; NATURAL DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250903097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-97     Document Type: Article

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